San Juan 28 Sailboat

We had a sailboat. It was a little 13 foot AMF/Alcort Puffer, just barely big enough for two people, but it was easy to sail and I could store it on a trailer in the yard. I wanted a bigger boat, one that had a place to store stuff (like me and a cup of coffee) out of the rain. I was thinking along the lines of a 19 foot Mariner or O’Day, or maybe a West Wight Potter. Then a number of things happened:

We went sailing on a friend’s 39 foot cruising sailboat

We decided to sell our cabin in Gustavus

The cabin sold quickly

We became financially semi-solvent, a rare occurrence

We went boat shopping

So we now own a 1979 San Juan 28 sailboat.

A bit bigger than I was originally planning…

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I bought a 1978 SJ 28 and need to replace the running rigging. However, it is not obvious to me what halyards and topping lifts go where throught eh mast, through the four sheaves in the masthead or which should come out of the mast to port or to starboard.

Do you have a “map” of the running rigging of the mast? A diagram would be awesome, but anything is a help. Thanks in advance.

This is Bill Manganaro who ask about which line of running rigging goes where in the SJ28 mast. If you drew an outline showing line placement, would you please email it to me at wmanganaro73@gmail. com? Thanks. Bill

You took the short cut to a San Juan 28; mine included a few other boats of successively larger dimension on the way. Anyway, thats a very nice drawing of the 28, better than I’ve found before. Mine is hopefully on the way home in a week or so for some long overdue maintenance.

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